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Independent
in Ail Things
VOL. 1. No. 112
POP! POP! GO THE GUNS US JAPS
Vigilant Japanese sentry on the Yalu
LONDON. April 28.—A dispatch to the
t'enlral News from l.iao Yung says:
Th,^ lifrlii vii* precipitated by Japanesa
sentries on the Yalu, who tired upon Rug-
sian gconting parties.
'The Japanese, in advancing on Tueren-
ohenjf. encountered the Russian forces, The
Jajiancsi received a hot fire from the Hue
eian battery. They hum- but a slight re
sponse, and then retreated in disorder
upon the next village, where the men dis-
Verseit, taking refuge in the houses."
LOXDON, April 28.—Reuters corre
spondent at Ohefoo wire« that the Jap
anese have occupied Kuliencheng. on the
dgfat bank of the. Yalu, south of Antung.
Such a move would be highly important
from a strategical standpoint, as it would
mean that they would have the Russian
forces on the Yalu hemmed in on three
sides. In front would be the main force
of the Japanese; on the east and north-
east would be the forces of Japanese
known to have crossed the Yalu on Mon-
day and Tuesday, while on the -went would
MET DEATH IN QUINIAULT WILDS
Footsore and tired, Harry Frazer and
William Miner returned yesterday from
a three weeks' tramp over Know and
crags in the forest reserve along the
Qtiiniault liver, in .search of their friend,
Rudolph Richfield, who left this city last
January for a hunting expedition. Some
where in the wilds along the Quiniault he
lost his life.
Richfield had made his home the short
time he wu in the woods in a small cabin
near the South fork of the Quiniault river.
and when the Marching party reached the
lonely shad; indications plainly showed
thai he had gone on his daily hunt wicks
before and never returned. His provisions
wen' untouched and beginning to show
sis:ns o) age. Sin gun was gone and none
of his hunting paraphernalia could be
found.
The searchers believe that he may have
fallen into the Quiniault river, which in a
rapid mountain stream and unsafe for any
one to at tempt to navigate with a skill.
PROMOTERS OF NEW STEAMSHIP
LINE WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW
It. A. Alley and K. Owen Cox, capital
fet*, from Sydney, Australia, who are in
terested in the establishment of a line of
fteam»liip« to operate between Tacoina and
Australia, will arrive in this city tomor
row.
The line will be started in July, when
the Maori King "ill make the first voyage,
to be followed by two /others. The Maori
King is a vetstl of 7,000 tons and will
" , - v . ■ <^^*"^"*-lf
be the force now reported'to be occupying
Klllil'MC III! g.
LONDON. April 28, The Central News'
Tokio correspondent wires that the latest
Hewn from Wiju is to the effect that Rus
Man and Japanese scouts art" constantly
exchanging shots.
The Russians arc attempting without
success to draw the Japanese from the po
sitions the latter have taken.
The inclement weather delays the .Tap
anese operations .
ST. PETERSBURG, April 28.—An offi
cial dispatch reports that on April 25
two Russian torpedo boats blew up a Jap.
anese transport at Gonsan, Korea.
The transport carried a cargo of 400
tons of rice, -military stores, 1,500 tons of
coal, four Hotchkiss guns, 17 officers and
20 men.
Eighty-five coolies and 05 sailors were
captured, - .
ST. PETERSBURG, April 28.—The Jap
anese transport which was sunk at Gensan
was the Kishiu Maru, of .4,000 tons. Ad-
or that he might have fallen before a
bull elk which be sought to kill and only
made mad by a wound.
When Riibhi'M departed he left his pet
dog in South Tacoma, Thinking that the
dog illicit be useful in tracking his mas
ter. Kra/ei and Miner t"ol< the animal
with them. The dog stayed with them
several days and met his death in the
Quiniault. Mr started to swim across the
stream and ««s carried by the swift cur
rent against the rocks and his body dashed
to pieces. It is probable that the dog'a
master met death ill the same Way.
The lirst intimation that his friends in
Taconia hud of his probable end was about
the middle of February. Word was sent
then by a government employe on the
ition that bis cabin bad been de
serted. At that time the snow was too
deep to make an effective search possible.
It was not until three weeki ago that
the searching party was able to get through
the reservation.
make port at Honolulu, the Fiji islands,
New Zealand and Australia.
Mr. Alley was in Tacoina about a week
ago and while here wag looking for a suit
able site for the establishment of a large
woolen mill to be operated in connection
with the Tacoma-Australian liners.
Mr. Alley and Mr. Cox will be in the
city for several days, and while here will
be the guebts of the Chamber of Com
mercCi
TACOMA, WASH., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1904
miial feSMB, in lii.- official rrport, I'iiils
to state the nwnbet <>i Japmete drowned.
The -11ii> niiiv Imve carried troopt, in
winch event Kvera] hundred lived win
piuli.i lii\ lost,
ST. PETERSBURG, April 38. The Port
Arthur eorreapondeni of the Ruukl In-
valid rays the Japanese have invented a
iii-u combustible whii-h i- inextinguishable,
They tri«d to burn the battleship Retviean
h\ setting adrift rafts loaded with bur
ning material. The battleship sank the
rafts, but the combustible continued to
burn under water,
ToKIO. April 98. Admiral Hosoya, in
charge ot the third squadron, reporting on
the operation* of the torpedo Beet up the
Yalu on Monday and Tuesday, tayi that
CONGRESS ADJO
WASHINGTON, I). C, April 28. When
the senate met today the conference report
on the rivers and harbors bill was agreed
to. Senator Allison, chairman of the
appropriations committee, presented a tab
ulated statement of the appropriation! of
congress i"i the year ending July I. 1003,
the amount being in excess of the appro
priations for- the current year to the ex
tent of (28,000,000.
The conference report on the isthmus
canal civil government bill was agreed to,
■a was also the adjournment revolution.
In the house, Representative Payne
moved for unanimous consent for the im
mediate consideration of the resolution for
adjournment at 2 o'clock. ,
Representative Williams, the Democratic
leader, said that. inasmuch as the Repub
licans were responsible to the country for
legislation, there would be bo objection.
The house then refused to order the pre
vious question on the bill opening to set
tlement the Wind River Indian reservation
in Wyoming.
Congress adjourned at 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., April 28.—When
congress adjourned this afternoon sine die
there was an interested crowd in the house
galleries, but only a small attendance of
members on the floor. Matters of minor
importance emerging from oopfcren«e com
mittees were disposed of for the time
being with ipeed.
Among the most Important acts this
morning was the agreement ii, the confer
ence report on the Panama ennui bill, cwr-
the enemy tired the pan which opened the
■ . ■ ' ■ »),■ * ■ '.
conflict. ■
* w . ■. ■
A force of the enpiny on an i»l>mj In
midstream fled. '\'f '
Tuesday 100 Russian; cavalrymen at
tacked a Japanese, lapnch, but goon lied to
1 ■ ■
the mountains. r/VK}
PORT AHTHI I! April .1., ,,,„,.-.■
torpedo boats wore sighted this morning
protected by a wjuadrtm, A few ineffectual
shots were tired ami tile ghipg then disap
peared. " tf-: , >
THIEF LANDS IN
THE COUNTY JAIL
H. Minchisoni was limd IfltlO by .Indue
Griffin today, for ljLroeny. He did not
have that much money with him and wits
sentenced to 33 dayx'in the county jail.
Minchison is the liJn who v.as brought
in from camp No. 3.p)iii the'Tacoma Ka-t
crn railroad, a tew d*V» ago, on complaint
of sonic of his fellow workmen, lie went
into the bunk house While the men were
away one day and ti>oli hi- pick of the
clothing he found tlitere,' and was able to
equip himself with '•» good outfit. The
value of the. goods taken was not enough
to make the eliiirg^ grand larceny, but
he escaped the penifeiitiary by a narrow
margin. He is 18 jrors old.
Another ease before Judge (iiilliu was
that of "Windy" Welxh, charged with
being drunk. He is yUvfe of. the old timers
and to give him a \ chlnce to sober up a'
fine of $40 was imposed, in delimit of which
he will lie locked up i'oi- a few days.
I). C. Hays, a plain drunk, was lined $10
(heap Trips to (St. Louis
rying a $10,000,000 njipiippriiition, an desired
by the senate, and a provision leaving the
control and mftnagemett of the canal zone
to the president) as deii^ed by the house.
President llooseveltf with hi« lecretary,
fame over from the White House, at II
, o'clock and ehtablixhed executive quarter!
in the president's rooms, across the cor
ridor from the senate chamber.
i Washington; I). p., April 28.~in
, tlie hoiiHe today Representative William!
of Nfiwhiarppi offered a resolution of thank*
! to the speaker, to whioli Uncle Jo feel
. ingly renponded. Loud cheers greeted hi»
• remarks and the members broke forth into
"The Sim Spangled Banner" as ii.- gavel
i announced the final adjournment.
In the senate, Gorman presented the
• customary re«olution« of thanks to the
president pro temporc, Senator Frye, who
■ wished the fctnatorg a vacation full of
■ pleasure and profit to mind and body.
' EARLY OPENING
ON THE YUKON
i The Pacific Cold Storage company ha«
I reeelved word from (fa agent at White
[ Horse *t>yin(( that the.opening of the Yu
• I'm will occur al)out two weeks earlier
■ tills year than umiiil. : Advices have beeo
I rso«i^«d that the river is open to Iloota
linqua.
i A M[> cariyiug 200 cattle ami 800 iheep
- left Vancouver for ISk«i{w«y on the 2:* l
• hint. They will be transferred tv While
U. S. CRUISER CALIFORNIA GLIDES
SMOOTHLY INTO THE SALT SEAS
BAN FRAN! April M, With thai
usual accompaniment of screeching whis
tles, ringing bella and booming cannon, the
new armored cruiser California, the first
of Uncle Sam's navy to bcU the name of
the Golden stnto. was launched at 11 *-
Union Lion Works today, Mr», Walter
Martin, daughter of Henry T. Scott, the
shipbuilder, pressing the electric button
that Kent the fighting boat down the wnj'B
to her first bath, and Mis- Florence Par
dee, the charming daughter of Governor
Pardee, breaking the customary bottle of
wine on the vessel's nose am it glided by,
at the same moment delivering the words,
"I christen thee California." '
The launching was fittingly and auspi
ciously carried out. The ceremonies, while
of a state nature, were under the direct
charge of the Native Sons of the Golden
West, now in annual union In Vallejo.
ii Vogue.
ill (Soon Im-
Tlorse by rail mid they driven a short
distance down the river, (mil again put
aboard ship and taken to DaWnin,
IS
The steamer Klihu Thoin*on, now at
Quartermaster harbor undergoing repairs,
will leave for St. Michael and Kone the
latter part of. May with another shipment
of animal* for lln came company,
GRAVE CHARGES
WASHINGTON*, I) 0.; April 28. P. W.
Jones, tinl wecond officer of tin- transport
Sherman, in a letter to the diviftloTl super
intendent of the tran.»port service. alleges
th.ii diiutcri to government vessels have
bawi due to drunkenm • among the men
and officer*, lack of discipline and general
Incapacity;'
There linvc been «even transport* H*horu
in Eastern H'&teri 111 the ixi-t VI month*.
WOULD REVISE
CITY ORDINANCES
Shall the city ordinance* be revi«e«l?
Thin is a quHtion which is Interesting v
number of the councilman and city offi
cials. Hie ordinance« have not been com
piled and printed In book form tlnce 1898,
when the city council authorized Henry
Beach, an attorney, to do the work.
Hinff then many new ordinance) have
been patted and change** have been made
in some of the old one*,' None of thi <•
are in book form and it i* a (ret in
convenience to have to go over the clerk's
lecordfl every time an ordinance in wanted
for reference.
itcilmao Leunkorn iufge«U that the
city clerk be put in charge ot Lite revision.
Qoveraor Pardee hiul xtaff, in full uniform,
Qenetml Arthur Mac Arthur and attt
rcpie»ciitali\es and oftieers of the slate
militia riivc xplcndid color to the
in ihe \,nd-. their bright unifom
glittering uwignia oi rank blending with
admirable pieturesipiencs« with the lumd
hm gowm oi the wuwm present,
The eeremoniee were oarried out nitkout
a hitch, the arrangement) being ai i"v.. i
as th<> great onft'a dip into the vravM,
The cruiser California in supposed to
embody the very latest and best in vessel*
of her clans. She will , co»t, complete,
15,000,000, Her principal dimensions' am
Length on water line.*SOS teat; extreme
breadth, COVi feet; mean draft, M feet;
diaplacement, 11,440 tons. She will have
JEFFERSON TO HAVE LARGEST
ENGINES BUILT IN NORTHWEST
SKATTLE, April 28.—During the. last
Mix monthi the largest get of engine* In be
manufnejtured by any machine Bhop in thu
West outside of one establishment in hiiiii
Franclico has been built at the Heffcrnnn
Engine Works in Siuttlu, .The pniriii' will
soon be placed in the 41aaka Bteamaliip
riiiiipnny'M new atunnhlp Jefferson, tli«
tjilendid vrssol which wh recently iHiinch
ed at. .-.Taeoina. Tbr bent. o£ .„ workmen
have been employed in ' building the en
gitiCH, and when finally installed in i I lie
new vessel they will represent an ex
penditure of between $70,000 and $75,000.
The engines and boilers will cost the com
pany about $118,000.
The new engines have already been »el
tip and tested and have proved satMnc-
MAY CALL OFF THE MINERS'
BIG STRIKE IN COLORADO
SALT LAKE, April 28.—A private dis
patch received here from the [ndianapolin
executive board oi the llnued Mine work'
en atataa that it has been decided to call
off the strike in the Fifteenth district,
LATE TELEGRAPH
LONDON. April -'«. X'llie Fan-on, the
noted Qaiety theater actrew, i» dead.
HAVANA, April IS.—An aaarchjti to
day attempted Lo aaaaninata Civil Gover
nor Nunez, lie is a Cuban named Villa
longa, and is believed to be Inaane. lie
claimed be had order-" from President
Roovevi ii to intervene in the govornment
of Culm.
II w \ \.\, April 98, The aaat« refuted
today to coniirni the iiiiiiiii.il ioiih for till
ing vacanciea in the Hipreme court made
bj Secretary of Justice Bealdoa, demand
ing the retention of i Inei Juetice Cnu
Bealdoi thereupon i ■ igned.
SALT LAKE, April 28.—A wentbound
Oregon Short Line pn^pnger train was
wrecked near Topaee, Idiiho, this morning.
The engine*,'baggage car .hi,i two coaches
.in' in the ditch. None of the passenger*
or trainmen were •eriously injured. A
broken flange wan the oauae. Wa«houtH
north of Ogden have temporarily tied up
the sy*tem,
PAN FRANCISCO, April.. 28.— Divorce
proceedings were begun this morning by
Airs, Mary Edward*, whose boaband,
l^aurie ESdwarde, mid ]>omenico Rumo, an
Italian, engaged in a lentational art) at
r'irfax, Matin county, last Tuesday. The
charge* in failure to provide, neglect] ex
treme cruelty and being, falsely accused of
adultery with Ruatd*
WASHINGTON, i) C., April 28.—The
grand total of the congrctiKioiifti appro
priation* for ' 1004 in 1781,874 I againit
)j703,058,f>0C for the preceding yearn.
IRISHMEN POLITE
Dl I'.i.lN'. April 28.— Ring Edward and
Queen Alexandra were giveu an ovation in
i In- itreeta today while enroute to the
Royal, college, where a cornerstone was
to In- laid,
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
TO BE STARTED SOON
William Hover, manager of the A»sooci
a(«d Charities, who will tmdoubtly be put
in charge of the free employment bureau
boon to be ' -i.'iliti-lieJ, ltate« tli.it. the coat
of carrying on the work of the bureau
will be about #000 annually. This in !
eluded the ualury of uij übrfUtant.
One Cent
26 CENTS PER MONTH
twin norewg andi triple expansion engines
of 23,000 hortKppoWer, r«|ml>le of developing
ii maximum *peed of 22 knots, ; Her main
battery ii composed of four ■ 8-inch rill«i,
placed in hvo armored turrets,' one forward
ami one aft; fourteen Inch and eighteen
3inch rapid fife guns." The *ec-ondary,bat>
lory OQ*l*tl of twelve '! pounder Mint teinl*
iuiiiin.il m fan*, four 1-poundcr automatic,
» '• ■■ ■.- ■ } ■ ■ ■ '■' :. *
four l-pound<fr rapid (iii- llotchkiiw gun»,
two gatlingt, nix 30-centimetvr automntio
l*olti>, tdgt'ther with two 3-inch field pieces,
to be lift by.landing pArtie*. The Cali
fornia will' have a i belt of steol armor ,1%
inches wide on her water line and varying
in tliii'litii'HH from H.i to 6 inches, ai well
as tin- 6-inoh cauement above the belt of
armor for 232 feel of the vefMel'a length. ■
Tory iii ' every way. ' They are triple I ex
pansion mid will develop 1,700 horscpowe*',;
They Mill be modern in every way, having;
steel pistons, webs and * cranks. V;, >'.
The hhiiio I'unipaiiy aUo Inn- the contract
lor building the steering engineg, in»tnlling
the el«otrls plant, «hip'» telephone^ evapo*
nttoiH, piping and cargo winch««.' There i*
also building a I steel j ruddcr,*V It<i». ctU;
luumry.to place wooden rudders on wooden .
v«w«'ls,.;but',. the officiulu ,of .'-' theX Ala«kii
Btonnmhip company have decided t£VJ««ce
a Btfp|, rudder on the MhHoti "j
The builera will be : unloaded'■.from- the
KleHniHhip Alaska in a leu iliivh and it is
planned in ' commence, inntalling. the ; ma
chinery.'in the yessel' the latter,'part ■»!
the week, The vps»pl will be *rendy.'; to
go into comminsioh by JunelO, :,:•; ■: '
i- comprising". Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
« and Wyoming. . :..
;- -President John Mitchell leaven for Kn({-
II land next week, and when- hi return* h» <
t, wiblu'H to rc«ign the presidenuy,
. Clerk f'ernon of the coinmimioner of pub
lic works' office hag received « quantity of
printed matter from the Seattle free em-:
ploy merit; bureau,";, and the'l information' i"
contained therein-will be usedl by, the com
i mittee appointed to draw up the ordinanoa : ■
authorising the ii)i!i«!imont of a' bureau;
here. An ordinance to thin affect and oall-.-.','
• ingfor an appropriation of $000 to carry on
• the work will In- introduced t at.: the next ;,
• meeting of the council. ; It in not'lijtcly^
• that the ordinance will meet with any ob
, jection and the project will be put through
, at once, i,,
, LAUNCH OWNERS^
; DID NOT AGREE
Yesterday there m a mix-up; bet ween
A. -.Fobs, the boatman at the Commercial '\.
dock, and Kirby & Alger, who have been
running boati and launches to the rruinur
Taooma from . the Eleventh street bridge. *
An attempt was made to 'prevent Mr. Fo«»"
1 from running hit laundieo to the cruiHer,'
--1 on the ground that he wai violating a city
ordinance by calling tin- attentpn of i.noplo
1 on the bridge .to hi* boats. He wat threat- X
ened .with < bodily harm 'and the: police v.
were aotified that he was hawking without ;
a licenxe. lit- 'wan taken 'to the* police
station three different time* r before. th» V,
matter, wan (inully nettled and lii» innocence;;
fully eatabiUhed.,, Bach time a complaint j,*;
wan lodged ogainni him' he wan prevented'
from teUi«g ticket* for an hour.. This re-..
Milted in considerable low to Mr.Fosn,:
but'added "confidcrnbly to the profits of
the other company/ '
EXILE RETURNS
BERLIN, Aprils2B,—Norman Schunuinu,
the • fttiuoUH ; author, who was exiled to
Switzerland several years ago for publish
ing a eerie* of »i'unilou* attack* upon tha!
emperor, bat bean permitted to return to:
'IllilllV.
Schumann declared that the articles were ,
inspired by the late Count Yon Walderitee.;
•••••••••••••••••••
• «
9 The picnic and sports to * have #
• tak*n plum nt-t-panawsy park to #
• day have been postponed until Sat- •;..'
• urday afternoon./At thai time tii«f97->
--• program will be carried out na ar- •
• ' ranged for today.■■ Commencing at, •*,K
• • 10 o'clock in ; the ; morning, Spana- '■ •Jj
• way-car* will leave the, corner of •
• Ninth- and Commerce streets every 0
• 15 minutes/ , • . • '
• Mayor Wright will declare a''half •' I,
• li'ilidny Faturduy afternoon and all, •
a) city ' ffice* will bo closed. •
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